David Ben-Gurion

Adolf Eichmann, so-called 'architect' of the Holocaust, in his prison cell during the time of his 1961 trial in Jerusalem (public domain)

August 30, 2018, 11:33 pm

The banality of lies: In ‘Operation Finale,’ Eichmann’s falsehoods are validated

Opening this weekend, the film, focused on the kidnapping of Holocaust ‘architect,’ humanizes its notorious antagonist and allows his deceptions to go unchallenged

By Matt Lebovic

David Ben-Gurion, flanked by the members of his provisional government, reads the Declaration of Independence in the Tel Aviv Museum Hall on May 14, 1948 (Israel Government Press Office)

August 4, 2018, 8:23 pm

Israel’s Declaration of Independence — May 14, 1948

Founding text says Israel will be open for Jewish immigration; will be based on freedom, justice, peace; will ensure equality of social and political rights to all inhabitants

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at Kibbutz Sde Boker, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. A portrait of the first Israeli prime minister David Ben Gurion is seen at background. (AP Photo/David Buimovitch, Pool)

July 29, 2018, 4:51 pm

The trouble with Israel’s Jewish nation-state law

A few words could have made all the difference, but the government didn’t want them

By David Horovitz

In this file photo taken on January 11, 2016 Leslie Moonves attends the TWC/NETFLIX Golden Globe after-party in Beverly Hills, California. (AFP Photo/Chris Farina)

July 28, 2018, 6:07 pm

Six women accuse CBS titan Moonves of sexual misconduct

Four describe forcible touching or kissing during business meetings, and two say Jewish CEO physically intimidated them or threatened to derail their careers

By AFP

July 27, 2018, 10:53 pm

CBS to investigate chief Les Moonves over sexual misconduct claims

Announcement by broadcast giant comes ahead of expected New Yorker report detailing allegations against Jewish CEO

By AFP

Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with his father Benzion Netanyahu, in Benzion's house in Jerusalem, February 5, 2009. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90)

June 25, 2018, 9:49 pm

With Herzog at Jewish Agency helm, Netanyahu faces rerun of his father’s fights

Appointing a perennial critic of the PM to head the quasi-governmental body risks reopening an ideological chasm that goes back to the formation of the Israel-Diaspora relationship

By Raoul Wootliff

Undated IDF Soccer competition (Courtesy of the archive of the IDF and Defense Ministry)

June 14, 2018, 9:23 am

Ben-Gurion after watching his first soccer game: ‘I won’t do that again’

In 1957, Israel’s founding father went to see an IDF team play and defeat a team from the French military in an Independence Day event. ‘Our goalie was wonderful,’ he declared

By TOI staff

Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, in a rediscovered 1968 interview featured in the movie "Ben Gurion, Epilogue." (YouTube screenshot)

May 24, 2018, 8:10 pm

Pro-Palestinian activists set off stink bombs at NZ screening of Ben-Gurion film

Protesters distribute photo of eight-month old Gaza baby initially said killed by inhaling tear gas until family acknowledged she had heart problem

By Sue Surkes

May 22, 2018, 10:11 am

David Barak-Gorodetsky

Post-secular healing for Israel and the Diaspora

When an Orthodox shul you don’t go to doesn’t cut it anymore

April 18, 2018, 12:35 pm

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Declaring independence, and so much more

The values of a nation committed to freedom, equality, and justice, regardless of one’s politics or religion

Polish residents of Plonsk, along with numerous dignitaries, gather in honor of Israel's 70th anniversary of independence, April 15, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Limmud FSU)

April 16, 2018, 3:29 pm

In Ben-Gurion’s Polish hometown, residents dance the hora ahead of Israel’s 70th

Hundreds of citizens of Plonsk, the birthplace of the first Israeli prime minister, gather with Jewish leaders in a show of solidarity and support for the Jewish state

By Yaakov Schwartz

Undated image of late Israeli David Ben-Gurion at his home in Jerusalem. (GPO)

March 10, 2018, 9:19 am

Ben-Gurion sought more women in government, archived letter shows

First PM said appointing females to leadership positions was a ‘duty’ and ‘a privilege,’ hoped Israel would serve as an example of gender equality

By TOI staff

Udo Landbauer in 2015. (CC-BY-SA 4.0 MarleneK/Wikipedia)

February 2, 2018, 11:50 pm

Austrian far-right minister quits over fraternity’s anti-Semitic texts

Udo Landbauer, who was 11 when offensive poems about Jews were included in a songbook of the Germania zu Wiener Neustadt fraternity, said he would leave politics

By JTA

President Reuven Rivlin delivers a speech at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 22, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

November 23, 2017, 2:26 pm

As crisis with US Jews sharpens, Rivlin calls for resetting ties

President says relationship should no longer be based on ‘philanthropy on the one hand and blind admiration on the other’

By Raphael Ahren

Then-prime minister Golda Meir visiting a wounded soldier in hospital during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. (Herman Chanania/GPO)

November 17, 2017, 3:22 pm

Who (or what) was Golda Meir’s one true love? A new biography has answers

A strong female figure who helped found the state, Israel’s matriarch was widely beloved. Writer Francine Klagsbrun offers new insight into the former prime minister’s life

By JP O’ Malley